In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.

For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.